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<i>This is a small glossary for the meaning of some quranic terms.</i>

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<a name="quran">Qur'an</a>
<blockquote>
	Also known as Quran, Koran and Coran, is the most important religios text for Muslims.
	It is an Arabic book revealed continuously to the last Prophet - Muhammad (pbuh) - by Allah during a period of 23 years.
	It is known as the most important <a href="#miracle"><dfn>miracle</dfn></a> of the last prophet.
	Qur'an is divided into 30 <a href="#juz"><dfn>Juz</dfn>s</a>, and 114
	<a href="#sura"><dfn>Sura</dfn>s</a>. Every sura has a number of smaller parts
	called <a href="#aya"><dfn>Aya</dfn></a>. There may be more or less than a sura 
	in a single juz. A number of ayas, introduce a sura.
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<a name="sura">Sura</a>
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	Also may be written as <i>Surah</i>, or <i>Soura</i>. There are 114 different 
	chapters in the Quran, each of them is called a <i>Sura</i>.
	A sura may have one or more subjects within it. Suras are of two type of <dfn>
	<a href="#makki">Makki</a></dfn> and <dfn><a href="#madani">Madani</a></dfn>.</blockquote>
<a name="aya">Aya</a>
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	The smallest part of a sura, which consits of one or more sentences, or even 
	a single word (also known as <i>verse</i>). There is a sura with 286 ayas (Al-Baqarah)
	and another sura (Al-Kawsar) with 3 Ayas.
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<a name="juz">Juz</a>
<blockquote>
	An abstract division of The Quran which divides it into 30 almost equal parts.
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<a name="makki">Makki</a>
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	Suras sent down to the prophet in Mecca are called Makki (which means <i>related 
	to Mecca</i>).
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<a name="madani">Madani</a>
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	Suras sent down to the prophet in Medina are called Madani (which means <i>related 
	to Medina</i>).
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<a name="miracle">Miracle of the Quran</a>
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	Quran, is the only sacred writing, which claims to be a miracle. It asserts 
	that no one can make something like a Quran sura at all.<br>
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	(from Al-Baqarah: 23, Younos: 38, Al-Isra: 88)
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		وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا <b>فَأْتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِ</b>
		 وَادْعُواْ شُهَدَاءكُم مِّن دُونِ اللّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ﴿البقرة: 23﴾ 
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	And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say: Shall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are the fools, but they do not know.
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		أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ <b>فَأْتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ مِّثْلِهِ</b>
		وَادْعُواْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ اللّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ﴿يونس: 38﴾ 
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	Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: Then bring a chapter like this and invite whom you can besides Allah, if you are truthful.
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		قُل لَّئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ <b>الإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ</b> عَلَى أَن <b>يَأْتُواْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا
		الْقُرْآنِ</b> لاَ يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا ﴿الإسراء: 88﴾ 
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	Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Quran, they could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others.
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